Missing

Searching

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Previously: I ran off towards the beach, in search of my boyfriend

Annabeth POV

I searched everywhere; the beach, Half-Blood Hill, Thalia’s Pine, the creek, the stables, the strawberry fields, the forges.

Basically I searched nearly every inch of the property.

And what did I get?

Nothing.

By the time I got back to camp, it was half way through dinner and I had leaves and sticks in my hair. I had mud smeared everywhere and I pretty much looked like a wreck.

As I entered the dining pavilion, the noise level dropped dramatically.

I felt everyone’s eyes on me as I marched up to the head table.

I stopped right next to Chiron.

He looked up to me and I shook my head.

Finally somebody spoke up.

“…A-Annabeth? Are you alright? Where have you been? Where’s Percy?” It was Will Solace from the Apollo cabin.

There was silence until I realised everybody was waiting for me to answer.

“I’m…I’m fine. I’ve just been…in the woods…” I avoided that last question. I hated not knowing. I HAD to find him.

Scratch that, I WOULD find him.

I went and got my food and made my sacrifice to the gods, as I scraped some food in the fire I silently prayed to my mother, Dear Lady Athena, mother, I know you don’t like him very much but please give me guidance to find Percy. Help me out. Please. I –I can’t do this by myself.

I walked to the Athena table, sat down and noticed that everything was still silent and everyone was still watching me.

“What?” I asked.

“You didn’t answer my question.” Will replied.

Brave boy. I thought. Having the courage to answer back to an angry daughter of Athena.

“Yes I did.”

“No, you didn’t… where’s Percy?”

I sat there for a while, focusing on my breathing, trying not to explode. All was silent except for the occasional cough or clearing of the throat.

It must’ve been minutes until I spoke again.

I took a deep breath. “He’s…I – I’m…not sure…”

“What do you mean, not sure?” Jake Mason from Hephaestus asked.

“Well, he wasn’t in his cabin this morning, and he didn’t turn up for meals or any of his classes. And…well I just searched for him, and he’s nowhere around camp so…I’m not sure.”

And all Hades broke loose.

The dining pavilion exploded into absolute chaos as people jumped from their seats and started running around like mad men.

Chiron was trying to restore order but that wasn’t really working.

I just sat there, at the Athena table staring into space, thinking over what I had just said, Where COULD he be?

Eventually Chiron regained control, “CAMPERS! Calm down! I’m sure this is just some sort of misunderstanding. Annabeth has had a long day. I think we all need an early night tonight. If Percy isn’t back by lunch tomorrow then we’ll send out a search party around camp to look for him. For now I just think everybody should return to their cabins.”

Reluctantly, campers retreated to their cabins. I trudged back to Cabin Six and collapsed on my bed.

“Annabeth, it’s alright. I’m sure he’ll be back in the morning.” Malcolm tried to assure me, but it didn’t work very well.

“Okay. Whatever. I’m fine. I’m gonna get ready for bed.”

I got in the shower to rinse all the grime off of me. Once I was done I quickly slipped some pyjamas on and got into bed.

I closed my eyes and thought about the possible places he could be.

Maybe he unexpectedly went to visit his dad? Or maybe he just went back to Manhattan to stay with his mum…

But I knew I was just trying to convince myself of nothing.

I’m a child of Athena. I need to be serious here. I can’t be thinking of stupid excuses like this.

But I couldn't help it. 

This was one situation I was not prepared for.

This was one situation I wasn’t ready to deal with.

This was one situation I didn’t want to believe was true.

I didn’t want to believe Percy was missing.

I fell asleep hoping that everything would be alright in the morning.

Hoping that maybe today had all been a dream.

Yes, a dream.

A very, VERY vivid dream.

Of course, being a demigod, I was never that lucky.

And with that I drifted off into another dreamless sleep.

TA DA. 

OKAY Zoe826, here's the deal. The next chapter won't be uploaded until I get comments/reviews/votes from at least two DIFFERENT people. And I know all your tricks Zoe. mwahahaha.

Until next time. :)